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Thursday, May 17, 2007

HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Host Washington, DC Premiere Screening of the HBO Films Presentation BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE

HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Host Washington, DC Premiere Screening of the HBO Films Presentation BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE

                        Actor August Schellenberg and          Executive Producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer will attend    WHO:   HBO and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian          host a premiere screening of the HBO Films Presentation, BURY MY          HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE. Inspired by Dee Brown's seminal nonfiction          book, the film powerfully explores the tragic impact that the          United States' westward expansion had on American Indian culture,          and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it.          Special guests at the invitation-only event will include:           HBO                                      NMAI          Actor, August Schellenberg        The Honorable Joe American Horse          Screenwriter, Daniel Giat         Associate Justice of the Oglala                                             Sioux Supreme Court          Executive Producer, Tom Thayer    R. Milo Yellowhair, Treaty          Executive Producer, Dick Wolf,     Representative-at-Large for           one of TV's most respected        the Oglala Sioux Tribe and           drama series creators and         Descendant of Wounded Knee           producers and the architect       Survivor           of the three "Law & Order"       Curator Emil Her Many Horses           drama series.                     (Oglala Lakota), NMAI                                            Dr. Jose Barreiro (Taino),                                             Assistant Director for Research,                                             NMAI                                            Dr. James Ring Adams, Senior                                             Historian, NMAI                                            Dr. Mark Hirsch, Historian, NMAI                                            Elizabeth Weatherford, Head of                                             Film and Video, NMAI    WHAT:  HBO Films teams with executive producers Dick Wolf and Tom Thayer          to present the epic film BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, debuting          Sunday, May 27 on HBO (9:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT). The cast includes          Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg, J.K. Simmons, Eric          Schweig, Wes Studi, Colm Feore, Gordon Tootoosis, with Fred          Thompson and Anna Paquin. Beginning with the Sioux victory over          General Custer at Little Big Horn, BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE          intertwines the unique perspectives of three characters: Charles          Eastman (Beach), ne Ohiyesa, a young, Dartmouth-educated, Sioux          doctor held up as living proof of the alleged success of          assimilation; Sitting Bull(Schellenberg), the proud Lakota chief          who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies designed to strip          his people of their identity, their dignity and their sacred land -          the gold-laden Black Hills of the Dakotas; and Senator Henry Dawes          (Quinn), one of the architects of the government policy on Indian          affairs.    WHERE: The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian          4th Street and Independence Avenue, SW    WHEN:  Monday, May 21, 2007          6:30 PM Reception  - Interview Opportunities with Special Guests          7:30 PM Screening    MEDIA RSVP AND INTERVIEW REQUESTS:   Suzanne Pinto, HBO, 212-512-1904, Suzanne.Pinto@hbo.com   Eileen Maxwell, NMAI, 202-633-6615, Maxwelle@si.edu  

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